Shelly's Weekend Picks!

Don’t miss the Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival this weekend! It’s a unique event in Logan Square featuring two stages of local and national touring bands and lots of interactive family events. (along with dozens of visual artists and pop-up art galleries.) Click HERE for more info.

And the Randolph Street Market is this weekend that includes the massive Chicago Antique Market on the 1300 blocks of West Randolph and Washington Streets. Click HERE for more info.

Or you can head up to Highland Park to see James Taylor at Ravinia tonight for his second show.

Country fans can catch Tim McGraw at the First Midwest Bank Ampitheater tonight for his Sundown Heaven Town Tour (along with special guests Kip Moore and Cassadee Pope). More info HERE!

And then tomorrow night you can catch Jimmy Buffet at the same venue. Also, tomorrow night former Beatles’ drummer Ringo Starr will be performing with his All Starr Band at the Chicago Theater. Buy your tickets HERE!

Celebrate the World’s Largest Block Party this weekend at Old St. Pat’s Church. I’m one of the guest bartenders Saturday as it marks 30 years in Chicago. Stop by and say hello! Buy your tickets HERE.

You can also find time to celebrate a fun day at Arlington Park Race Track tomorrow for Chicago Day. Marking the 25th anniversary of the Race Track’s rebuilding following a fire, enjoy special entertainment unique to our city. Click HERE for more info.

Don’t miss the sounds of the free Chicago Gospel Music Festival this weekend at the Chicago Cultural Center and Ellis Park. There’s even a free historic bus ride tour of the Bronzeville neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. More info can be found HERE!

Sunday is the Pride Parade that kicks off at noon in the Uptown neighborhood and follows a four-mile stretch to Lincoln Park. (Be sure to arrive early to see all the floats and fun.) More Info HERE!

Sandra Oh of “Grey’s Anatomy” fame stars in a three-person cast play, “Death and the Maiden,” running now at the Victory Gardens Biograph Theatre on Lincoln Avenue.

And finally, if you smoke cigars, you’ll want to check out Morton’s Steakhouse in Rosemont today over the happy hour. General Cigar Company is providing cigars for Puff on the Patio. (4:30-6:30 pm) More info HERE.